Essays

In Ethiopia, where people are severely affected by drought, farmers and pastoralists are fighting to improve their odds
of survival. Communities are digging massive ponds by hand to collect rare raindrops as drinking water for themselves
and their animals. Being animal herders for centuries, some pastoralists are learning to farm, sometimes with the help
of irrigation. NGOs like Oxfam America are supporting them in their efforts. Over the years, I have travelled to Ethiopia
with the organization to document this and other humanitarian work. Here are just a few of the pictures from those trips.

Kankoyo is a township in Mufilira, northern Zambia, where residents live right next to the Mopani Copper Mine. The
mine’s chimneys emit toxic fumes over the township, where tenants also struggle with other environmental hazards
such as garbage covering the streets, a clogged sewage system, and contaminated water supply. First, the houses
were built for mine workers. But today, many households are headed by females, as their husbands have either died
or left them. Unemployment is the rule here and many women have turned to sexwork to support their families.